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Flash-Eliminator. (open access)

Flash-Eliminator.

Patent for flash eliminators for machine guns that will "eliminate the flash which is co-incident with the firing of fire arms at night which allows location of a position weapon by the enemy." (lines 14-17)
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Moyers, Oscar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a device that can be easily attached to riding cultivators.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Starch, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Sliding Doors and Windows (open access)

Holder for Sliding Doors and Windows

Patent for a clutch mechanism for sliding doors and windows that ensures the panel can be moved in both directions freely but will not disengage of it's own accord, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Benson, Jarome F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for improvements to sled cultivators.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Howard, Quinton S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Underwaist. (open access)

Underwaist.

Patent for an underwaist specifically designed for juveniles that provides for more comfortable supporting straps crossing the back and chest at the shoulders, extending to the leg to clasp the stockings with the purpose of holding them up, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Johnson, Ida Bassett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler (open access)

Water-Cooler

Patent for a water cooler that keeps the cooling ice separated from the water to be cooled by means of a receptacle that houses the ice.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Williams, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CHOPPER (open access)

COTTON CHOPPER

Patent for a simple arrangement to be drawn along a row of standing plants in order to chop or cut out the superfluous plants in the row.
Date: January 7, 1914
Creator: Charles Lomax
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Curtain Clasp and Holder (open access)

Window Curtain Clasp and Holder

Patent for improvement in window curtain clasps and holders. It is a window curtain clasp used to secure drapes using a U shaped fixture.
Date: November 26, 1902
Creator: Murray, Rebecca F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swing Attachment for Cuspidors. (open access)

Swing Attachment for Cuspidors.

Patent for improved swing attachment for cuspidors in which “a cuspidor may be pivotally connected with a seat or equivalent support, held in horizontal position while connected, and rendered capable of being swung out from or beneath the seat and expeditiously and conveniently removed when necessary.” (Lines 11-17) Illustration is included.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: Horseman, Stephen
System: The Portal to Texas History